Yahoo Makes a Deal with Canonical

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With the newest version of Ubuntu, 10.04, only a few months away, Canonical has announced a significant change. The default search engine to be used is switching from Google to Yahoo. This will be done by making it the default search engine in Firefox which is included in the installation. Users who wish to go back to Google will be able to very easily. Through this revenue sharing agreement, Canonical hopes to gain funds to continue the development of the Linux based OS. The deal is likely better than the one already in place with Google, or the change wouldn't have been made. I'm fine with changes like this if it means Ubuntu will continue to be free and updated.

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d3bruts1d on January 27, 2010 11:40AM I find it funny. Yahoo search is really MS Bing (thanks to the search agreement). While Ubutnu is their own company, Firefox developers are paid by Google... then of course, Chrome OS is based on Ubuntu. It's one big happy family now. reply to this

Zertz on January 27, 2010 10:15PM Haha so true! reply to this

alexio on February 6, 2010 05:50AM they all mess with our heads but in the end is jus one family getting from us! reply to this

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